Setting example, but needing support
As world leaders convene in Kuwait to pledge support to address the enormous humanitarian costs of the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation†in Syria, it is important to recognise the...
View ArticleSyrian refugees cost Jordan JD 590 million up to last November
AMMAN: The cost of hosting Syrian refugees on Jordan’s economy has in 18 months exceeded JD590 million, which is around 3 per cent of the Kingdom’s gross domestic product, a new study found....
View ArticleEuropean Parliament News
The EU and its member states should continue providing support to respond to the massive Syrian refugee crisis and make sure the funding arrives where it is most needed, said MEPs who met with Syrian...
View ArticleEP delegation calls for EU to continue support
A delegation of four MEPs will go to Jordan on 11-14 February to meet refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria and to see at first hand the conditions on the ground. The MEPs will also talk to...
View ArticleNumber of Syrian refugees reaches 1 million mark
News Stories, 6 March 2013 http://www.unhcr.org/513625ed6.html © UNHCR/N.Daoud A line of Syrian refugee women, some carrying children, cross into Jordan from southern Syria. The outflow this year has...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie travels to Syria-Jordan border as refugee influx continues
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie travelled to the Jordan-Syria border overnight on Wednesday-Thursday to meet frightened and exhausted Syrian refugees who had just completed the perilous crossing to...
View ArticleSyrian children are on the road to recovery
In Jordan, Syrian children are on the road to recovery after fleeing ongoing violence in their country By Wendy Bruere RAMTHA, Jordan, 19 June 2012 – Reem* and her six children fled their home in...
View ArticleSetting example, but needing support
From the Jordan times: As world leaders convene in Kuwait to pledge support to address the enormous humanitarian costs of the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Syria, it is important to...
View ArticleIris-scanning technology streamlines refugee registration process — UNHCR
UNHCR is now implementing Iris Scan for Refugee Registration. Read the full article on the Jordan Time
View ArticleExclusive – Andrew Harper Extended Interview
In this exclusive, unedited interview, Andrew Harper, head of the United Nations refugee agency in Jordan, breaks down the humanitarian disaster along the Syrian border
View ArticleUNHCR slashes waiting time, clears backlog of Syrian registrations in Jordan
UNHCR staff register Syrian refugees in Irbid. IRBID, Jordan, October 3 (UNHCR) – The time that Syrians need to register as refugees in Jordan has been slashed from up to eight months to zero after...
View ArticleFestive but Subdued – Eid al-Adha in Zaatari
Girls, dressed up for Eid-al Adha taking a stroll in Zaatari Camp The Camp is quiet. Except for UNHCR essential staff, most humanitarian workers in the camp are off duty for two days to join the rest...
View ArticleUNHCR in massive sorting effort to return ID papers to Syrian refugees
A UNHCR staff member looks for documents in one of the coded envelopes at the Raba’a al-Sarhan registration facility in Jordan. Working around the clock, UNHCR staff in Jordan have been sorting through...
View ArticleFilling the Information Vacuum for Syrian Refugees
A Syrian refugee pauses to view the program on a screen provided as part of the BBC Media Action initiative at UNHCR’s Khalda registration centre. UNHCR/J.Kohler When Syrian refugees have made their...
View ArticleMalala Visits Jordan/Syria Border
Teenage activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai visits the Jordanian border crossing at Hadalat where hundreds of Syrian refugees cross each day. The number of Syrians seeking refuge...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai in Zaatari Camp
Malala Yousafzai came to the Zaatari Refugee Camp with a message: children here want a future….they have dreams and need schools.
View ArticleHome Visits Report
UNHCR Jordan in cooperation with IRD has conducted over 92,000 home visits in Jordan in 2012 and 2013 to assess the needs of Syrian refugees living outside the camps. See the outcome of the report...
View ArticleLAUNCH OF THE “AMANI” INTER-AGENCY CHILD PROTECTION AND SEXUAL AND GENDER...
On March 8, International Women’s Day, the Child Protection and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Sub-Working Groups launched an inter-agency child protection and SGBV awareness-raising campaign...
View ArticleFirst Arrivals at Azraq Camp
Jordan formally opens Azraq refugee camp, for Syrian refugees, in the desert east of the capital, Amman. UNHCR will help to run the camp, which has room for more than 100,000 refugees and was built to...
View ArticleUNHCR study shows rapid deterioration in living conditions of Syrian refugees...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres says large numbers of Syrian refugees are sliding into abject poverty, and at an alarming rate, due to the magnitude of the crisis and insufficient...
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